GREY FAIRY BOOK, THE (DOVER CHILD
by Lang, Andrew
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0486217914
- ISBN 13
- 9780486217918
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About This Item
The Grey Fairy Book includes many strange, exotic stories from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece and France. But they are all told in the common language of the fairy tale, and their events will be familiar to children and grown-ups alike. The donkey who turns into a price, a spinning wheel that turns moss into silk, revengeful fairies, and ogre-like fathers of lovely daughters strike responsive chords in readers, even when they appear in new circumstances.
All in all, this collection contains 35 stories, all narrated in the lively, clear prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range. His position as one of England's foremost folklorists as well as his first-rate literary abilities make his collections unmatchable in the English language.
Synopsis
The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1900, The Grey Fairy Bookis the 6th volume in this series.
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- Lifeways Books & Gifts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9780486217918
- Title
- GREY FAIRY BOOK, THE (DOVER CHILD
- Author
- Lang, Andrew
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486217914
- ISBN 13
- 9780486217918
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- Mineola, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1967
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